PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Sanchez (ranked 2281 p4p, 950 weight class) and Azriel Pandens (ranked 281 p4p, 125 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sanchez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sanchez
vs
Pandens

179 cm
26
157
8 - 7 - 0

173 cm
27
159
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tim Sanchez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Azriel Pandens!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pandens takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pandens avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Pandens.
Sanchez misses with a body shot
enabling Pandens to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pandens.
Sanchez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pandens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pandens walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pandens's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Pandens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
A slow jab from Sanchez misses its intended target.
Sanchez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A little jabbing left from Pandens on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pandens slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Pandens.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pandens.
Pandens lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pandens connects with a crisp jab.
Pandens moves forwards but Sanchez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Azriel Pandens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pandens checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandens fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sanchez on the side of the head.
Sanchez missing with a left hand there. Pandens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pandens misses with an uppercut. Sanchez saw that one coming.
Sanchez throws a sloppy body shot
and Pandens counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pandens motions for Sanchez to come forward. Pandens throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pandens chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sanchez can pounce on him.
Pandens throws a leg kick
and Sanchez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pandens uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Pandens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Pandens ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sanchez moves away.
Pandens has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sanchez finds it's way round the side to connect with Pandens's head.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Pandens looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pandens wants to slow Sanchez down by chopping away at his legs.
Pandens lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanchez checks a leg kick.
Pandens misses with a left hand
and Sanchez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sanchez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pandens takes a swing at Sanchez's ribcage but misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Sanchez misses the target.
A big right from Sanchez misses.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Pandens's shoulder, as Pandens tries to avoid the shot.
A nice side step and Pandens releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Sanchez misses with an uppercut. Pandens saw that one coming.
A big left from Sanchez misses.
Pandens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanchez.
Pandens misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanchez.
Sanchez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Pandens misses the jab.
Sanchez throws a lazy uppercut
and Pandens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sanchez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanchez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pandens.
Sanchez throws a hook but Pandens avoids it easily.
It seemed like Pandens was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pandens thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandens wants to land a leg kick but Sanchez is out of range.
Sanchez jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pandens scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sanchez doesn't seem bothered though.
Pandens misses with a low kick.
Sanchez throwing a counter right hand but Pandens manages to avoid it.
Sanchez walks into a left hand.
A swing and a miss from Sanchez.
Sanchez misses the shot to the body.
Pandens throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pandens lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Pandens makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pandens punishes Sanchez's body with a nice straight punch.
Pandens lands with a nice body punch.
Sanchez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pandens.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandens comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez throws the left hand but Pandens avoids the punch easily.
Pandens let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Pandens's shoulder, as Pandens tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pandens under the eye.
Pandens lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pandens throws a leg kick but Sanchez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sanchez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pandens checks a leg kick.
Pandens is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sanchez with a body shot.
Pandens cracks Sanchez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sanchez throws out a loose jab but Pandens uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pandens digs a good hook to Sanchez's body.
Pandens uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Pandens fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Pandens coming out on top.
Pandens bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Sanchez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Azriel Pandens dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Pandens misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Sanchez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sanchez throws an overhand right that lands on Pandens's shoulder, as Pandens tries to avoid the shot.
Sanchez throws a jab but it's blocked by Pandens.
Sanchez walks into a straight right hand from Pandens.
Nice body punch from Pandens.
Pandens takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sanchez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pandens checks it well.
Sanchez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pandens.
Pandens digs a good hook to Sanchez's body.
Sanchez throws a leg kick
and Pandens counters with a big head kick but Sanchez shrugs it off.
Sanchez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sanchez slips under a jab from Pandens.
Pandens throws a wild body kick that Sanchez sees coming a mile off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pandens darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pandens counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pandens gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sanchez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pandens's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sanchez under the eye.
Pandens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little feinted left hand from Sanchez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Pandens slips under a jab.
Pandens lands with an uppercut that bounces Sanchez off the cage and back into range.
Sanchez throws a sloppy head kick and Pandens moves out of range easily.
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Pandens counters with a straight right hand.
Sanchez moves out of range of the strikes.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Sanchez might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Sanchez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pandens moves away.
Sanchez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pandens lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pandens misses with a hook. Sanchez ducked under it nicely.
Pandens misses with a straight right.
Pandens connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Sanchez cracks Pandens with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pandens pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Sanchez misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pandens misses with a straight right.
Pandens blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanchez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A low kick from Sanchez is predictable there
and Pandens counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sanchez lands a lovely overhand right.
Pandens connects with a body shot that sends Sanchez's belly button to the back.
Pandens bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sanchez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pandens counters with a left to the body.
Pandens thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sanchez is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circling - Sanchez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pandens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sanchez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pandens.
Sanchez misses with a hook
and Pandens counters with a nice uppercut.
Pandens looks to land a right hand but Sanchez moved out of range.
Pandens scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pandens uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sanchez.
A jab from Pandens misses.
Pandens moves out of range of the strikes.
Sanchez looks to land a left hand but Pandens moved out of range nicely.
Pandens throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanchez throws a body punch but Pandens moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Pandens misses the target.
Sanchez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pandens sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sanchez misses with a looping left.
Pandens steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sanchez.
Pandens ducks under a wild hook from Sanchez.
Pandens feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sanchezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sanchez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pandens throws a nice head kick!

Sanchez is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanchez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pandens counters with a straight right hand.
Oh Sanchez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pandens lands a leg kick that knocks Sanchez off balance momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Pandens. Beautiful body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pandens moves out of range of the strikes.
Pandens paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Azriel Pandens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanchez gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Pandens gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Sanchez is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Azriel Pandens!
Azriel Pandens spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.